European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 19, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3role for tanks seen in nato exercises by Ken Clauson staff writer Paderborn Germany a tanks could Roll again in future nato exercises like the ongoing certain shield �?T91, according to British Gen. Sir Peter Inge Northern army group commander. A no tanks on this exercise May have created a false impression of the future a he said wednesday. Only about a dozen heavy tracked vehicles none of them tanks Are being used during the five nation exercise involving american British German dutch and belgian soldiers. Inge termed the exercise which was to end thursday successful but noted it could have been More valuable to commanders had tanks and More vehicles been used. For Many years the annual exercise that brings troops from the states to Europe has involved Large numbers of armoured vehicles moving across the German landscape. In recent years however computer screens have replaced the machines. Most troop movements during the current exercise have been computer simulated and Only Light infantry and a thankless dutch armoured brigade have mane Vered in the traditional manner. Command Post exercises where commanders fight mock computer generated Battles have been billed As the wave of the future because of their lessened Impact on local communities and minimal environmental damage. Large multinational exercises like certain shield Are still needed Inge added. A i Hope we have shown that exercises like this arc important and have a role to play even though the traditional enemy is no longer there a he said during a Brief press conference at the exercise control Headquarters at a British Post outside Paderborn. A the real Success is How the five nations have really tried to work  an experimental multinational air Mobile brigade was fielded for the first time during certain shield a step toward the formation of smaller multinational forces. While acknowledging that such units Are More expensive than Normal units and probably less militarily effective than purely National ones he said the payoff is political. A if they have to deploy somewhere the More flags they have flying in the unit the More politically acceptable it will be a he said. Some Western european politicians have called for an International peacekeeping Force to be sent to Yugoslavia. Inge did not specify whether current plans for a multinational division or rapid deploy ment Force include such contingencies but he did said the suggestion Points to the value of multinational exercises like certain shield. Such a Force would not be effective if it had not trained together he said. Problems of different procedures tactics and equipment standards arc magnified in Low level multinational units. But they can be overcome if the participants Are dedicated to making it work he said. A a multinational framework requires More training not less a he said. The multinational division used in certain shield will be disbanded at the end of the exercise but proved its Worth he added. A it has shown by its willingness that it has a future a he said. Quot but there is still a Long Way to  capital hit despite truce Zagreb Yugoslavia a machine gun fire rang out and air raid sirens wailed wednesday after Federal troops and warplanes launched their first major attack on Croatia a capital despite a cease fire just brokered by the european Community. Croatian television said the air raid Alert was also in effect for 19 other cities sending frightened residents to bomb shelters throughout the area. Gen. Andrija Raseta Deputy commander of Federal army units in Zagreb told an Impromptu news conference wednesday that fighting raged around army Barracks in Varadin North of Zagreb and Gospic South of the republics capital just before the truce was to have taken hold. He said a european Community observer was wounded. Sniper fire could be heard in Zagreb almost an hour after the cease fire was to have taken effect at noon local time. The fighting endangered yet another Effort to end the warfare that has killed More than 450 people since Croatia declared its Independence june 25. Lord Carrington the eco a cease fire negotiator said the truce was the last Chance for Yugoslavia to avoid a the bloodiest civil  he said he would not return for More talks if this attempt failed. The croatian defense ministry said Federal army planes bombed Mlejne Mountain North of Zagreb during wednesdays first air raid Alert with explosions heard from the City a Southern suburbs. The second air Alert ended 40 minutes after the truce was to have begun. A defense ministry spokesman claimed that four yugoslav air Force jets had been downed in wednesdays fighting. None of the claims concerning new fighting could be independently confirmed however. The violence in the breakaway Republic followed a night of fierce shelling and bombing that for the first time reached members of a croatian special forces unit sweep the town of pct Inja South of the croatian capital of Zagreb for snipers. The croatian capital. On tuesday Federal forces damaged the capitals Airport broadcast transmitters and other buildings. Fighting across Croatia on tuesday left at least 34 people dead and 33 wounded reports said. The air Force said its two planes were shot Down in Eastern Croatia. A danish member of the dec monitoring group in Zagreb was among those wounded said Raseta the Deputy Federal army commander in Zagreb. An ethnic croatian in the Federal army also died in the fighting the general said. He claimed croatian forces refused to allow the Soldier to be transported to a Hospital after being wounded. Air raid sirens in Zagreb wailed twice after Sunrise wednesday following an overnight Lull. Both warnings occurred As an unidentified plane was heard flying above thick Cloud cover and machine gun fire echoed in the capital. Gunfire and artillery were heard wednesday morning in the City of Karlo vac a croatian radio reporter said. The dec mediated truce had been signed earlier tuesday by croatian president Franjo Tadjman and serbian president Slobodan Milosevic whose Republic is the country a largest and dominates the military. Tadjman appeared to be taking the biggest political risk by imposing a ceasefire since he already has lost one third of the Republic to serbian rebels who refuse to allow Croatia to secede from Yugoslavia. His Republic Borders Serbia. Ex-8th inf div no pleads guilty to espionage _. 1 i a a a i 1 1 l ,. F a i. Tort 1  j i. Tampa Fla. Apr a former army sergeant once assigned to the 8th inf div pleaded guilty tuesday to espionage for Selling military secrets while serving at the divisions Headquarters in bad Kreuz Nach Germany. Roderick James Ramsay whose Job was to safeguard sensitive military plans pleaded guilty to one count of spying for passing documents to agents of the hungarian and czechoslovakian intelligence services in 1985. Ramsay worked in the divisions plans Section As the assistant document custodian under Clyde Lee Conrad 43, a former army sergeant first class convicted of treason by a West German court in june 1990 and sentenced to life in prison. Ramsay was paid an estimated $20,000. While serving in Germany in november and december 1985, Ramsay sold classified army plans for the defense of Central Europe classified documents on the use of nuclear weapons by the United states and its allies in the North Atlantic treaty organization and papers concerning military communications the indictment said. Under a plea bargain Ramsay agreed to cooperate with Federal prosecutors. No Date was set for sentencing. The espionage charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 Fine